ONLY one Scottish university has made it on to a new list of the top 100 institutions in the world.
Edinburgh University rose 17 places to 29th in the global league table produced by the Times Higher Education Supplement.
The new international rankings, based on reputation, show that Harvard, in Massachusetts, took first place again this year, followed by Cambridge which has moved up from fourth, and Oxford, which has risen from fifth to third.
Other UK universities in the top 100 include Imperial College London, University College London and the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Professor Sir Timothy O'Shea, principal of the Edinburgh University, said: "Our rise in these rankings is not only great news for the university, but also for Scotland.
"It is a tribute to the quality of our staff and students and confirms the university as one of the world's leading research and teaching establishments whose activity is having an impact on a truly global scale."
Nicola Dandridge, chief executive of Universities UK, said: "While rankings cannot provide a complete picture of the whole university sector, and there is an obvious element of subjectivity when it comes to reputation, it is clear that the UK continues to excel in this area. By any international measure, we perform well.
"We have the second-strongest university system in the world after the US. This is something of which we should be rightly proud. We excel at a global level in the quality of our research, in the attractiveness of our courses, and in the quality of our graduates."
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